Faculty and student perceptions of ranking strategies in uzbek universities: ceremonial compliance, institutional visibility and the limits of ranking-led governance

Xamidova , Muxlisa, Хамидова, Мухлиса, Xamidova , Muxlisa

Иқтисодий тараққиёт ва таҳлил · 2026-yil

Annotatsiya

This article analyses faculty and student views on the university's strategies to improve its rankings in Uzbekistan. The current literature on the reform of university rankings in Uzbekistan has mainly been based on university leadership and national policy perspectives. This study instead explores two groups of stakeholders who typically interact more directly with daily practice and experience in higher education – faculty and students. The empirical material is comprised of two faculty focus-group sessions and three student sessions with five students from four institutions. Based on academic capitalism, street-level bureaucracy, institutional theory and signalling theory, two opposing patterns are identified. The evidence presented by the faculty indicates that there is a pattern of documenting compliance to meet higher levels of ranking, and the fact of the matter is that it does not need to be done this way. The other disconnection is student-expressed: four out of the five students indicated that they did not take into account the results of international rankings when choosing a university to attend; students primarily considered the quality of teaching, the infrastructure, interaction with the faculty, career opportunities, and the perceived strength of the discipline. The results indicate that, in addition to the 'implementation decoupling' of formal reporting activity and substantive organisational change, the audience decoupling of ranking goals and the information agenda of existing students is possible. Ranking strategy should, therefore, be assessed in terms of external indicators, but also in terms of internal experience of stakeholders.

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MualliflarXamidova , Muxlisa, Хамидова, Мухлиса, Xamidova , Muxlisa
JurnalИқтисодий тараққиёт ва таҳлил
NashriyotЎзбекистон иқтисодиётини ривожлантиришнинг илмий-тадқиқот маркази
ISSN2992-877X
Nashr sanasi2026-08-27
Jild4
Son8
Betlar116-123
TilIngliz
Ilmiy sohaIqtisodiyot
DOI10.60078/2992-877x-2026-vol4-iss8-pp116-123
Indeksga qo‘shilgan2026-09-06

DOI: 10.60078/2992-877x-2026-vol4-iss8-pp116-123 · Maqolaning asl sahifasi

Kalit so‘zlar

International rankings, faculty perceptions, student choice, ceremonial compliance, academic capitalism, Uzbekistan, международные рейтинги, восприятие преподавателей, выбор студентов, церемониальное соответствие, академический капитализм, Узбекистан, xalqaro reytinglar, professor-o'qituvchilar qarashlari, talabalar tanlovi, marosim tarzidagi muvofiqlashtirish, akademik kapitalizm, O'zbekiston

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APAXamidova , Muxlisa, Хамидова, Мухлиса, & Xamidova , Muxlisa (2026). FACULTY AND STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF RANKING STRATEGIES IN UZBEK UNIVERSITIES: CEREMONIAL COMPLIANCE, INSTITUTIONAL VISIBILITY AND THE LIMITS OF RANKING-LED GOVERNANCE. Иқтисодий тараққиёт ва таҳлил, 4(8), 116-123. https://doi.org/10.60078/2992-877x-2026-vol4-iss8-pp116-123
GOST (OAK)Xamidova , Muxlisa, Хамидова, Мухлиса, Xamidova , Muxlisa FACULTY AND STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF RANKING STRATEGIES IN UZBEK UNIVERSITIES: CEREMONIAL COMPLIANCE, INSTITUTIONAL VISIBILITY AND THE LIMITS OF RANKING-LED GOVERNANCE // Иқтисодий тараққиёт ва таҳлил. – 2026. – T. 4, № 8. – P. 116-123. – DOI: 10.60078/2992-877x-2026-vol4-iss8-pp116-123.
MLAXamidova , Muxlisa, Хамидова, Мухлиса, and Xamidova , Muxlisa. “FACULTY AND STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF RANKING STRATEGIES IN UZBEK UNIVERSITIES: CEREMONIAL COMPLIANCE, INSTITUTIONAL VISIBILITY AND THE LIMITS OF RANKING-LED GOVERNANCE.” Иқтисодий тараққиёт ва таҳлил, 4(8), 116-123, 2026. https://doi.org/10.60078/2992-877x-2026-vol4-iss8-pp116-123
ChicagoXamidova , Muxlisa, Хамидова, Мухлиса, and Xamidova , Muxlisa. “FACULTY AND STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF RANKING STRATEGIES IN UZBEK UNIVERSITIES: CEREMONIAL COMPLIANCE, INSTITUTIONAL VISIBILITY AND THE LIMITS OF RANKING-LED GOVERNANCE.” Иқтисодий тараққиёт ва таҳлил, 4(8), 116-123 (2026). https://doi.org/10.60078/2992-877x-2026-vol4-iss8-pp116-123
HarvardXamidova , Muxlisa, Хамидова, Мухлиса, and Xamidova , Muxlisa (2026) ‘FACULTY AND STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF RANKING STRATEGIES IN UZBEK UNIVERSITIES: CEREMONIAL COMPLIANCE, INSTITUTIONAL VISIBILITY AND THE LIMITS OF RANKING-LED GOVERNANCE’, Иқтисодий тараққиёт ва таҳлил, 4(8), 116-123. https://doi.org/10.60078/2992-877x-2026-vol4-iss8-pp116-123
BibTeX
@article{xamidovamuxlisa2026,
  title = {FACULTY AND STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF RANKING STRATEGIES IN UZBEK UNIVERSITIES: CEREMONIAL COMPLIANCE, INSTITUTIONAL VISIBILITY AND THE LIMITS OF RANKING-LED GOVERNANCE},
  author = {Xamidova , Muxlisa and Хамидова, Мухлиса and Xamidova , Muxlisa},
  journal = {Иқтисодий тараққиёт ва таҳлил},
  year = {2026},
  volume = {4},
  number = {8},
  pages = {116-123},
  doi = {10.60078/2992-877x-2026-vol4-iss8-pp116-123},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.60078/2992-877x-2026-vol4-iss8-pp116-123}
}

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